Doug Cutting has a few nice and short naming rules that I liked when I read them. I believe one of them was that a Google search for the proposed name should yield very few matches. Hadoop and Lucene are/were good examples of that. Here is another naming example. I created this bookmarking service called "simpy" - simpy.com . Great name - short, memorable, easy to spell, etc. people said. The problem with it is that "simpy" is a common misspelling of "simply". So, another thing to keep in mind.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: James Dixson (jadixson) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:03:28 PM > Subject: RE: [PROPOSAL] Etch > > I have heard the name concern a couple of times now... > > When we picked the name Etch about 18 months ago, we knew about the > Debian release, but frankly we were unconcerned. Debian etch is the name > of a release of Debian, no different than "4" being a release of Fedora. > Eventually Debian etch will fade into memory just as sarge and woody > have. > > Etch, in our line of thinking (if it could be said we were doing any > thinking :-) ) was the name we were giving to the technology, not a > release. There were no other technologies named Etch or similar, so we > declared victory and moved on. > > So I guess my question back to everyone is this: > > What is the concern about the name Etch, really? > > 1. Is there a legal trademark issue or a formal Apache branding policy > issue with using the name Etch such that the use of the name is simply > not going to be allowed. > > - or - > > 2. Is there a concern that during incubation, we might have to be > explicit in communication and always say "Apache Etch" rather than just > "Etch" because of a fear that a reference to "Etch", taken out of > context, could be confused with Debian 4.0? > > If "1" is true then, absolutely the name should be changed. > > But if only "2" is true, then I will need a bit more convincing. I am > after all very, very lazy and changing the name of a working toolset is > well... work :-) > > > --- > James Dixson > Manager, Software Development > CUAE Engineering, Cisco Systems Inc. > Direct: 512-336-3305 > Mobile: 512-968-2116 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Niklas Gustavsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:33 PM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Etch > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:16 PM, James Dixson > wrote: > > This a proposal to enter Etch in to the incubator. > > > > See http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/EtchProposal for updates. > > +1 for incubation (non-binding). While I find this area to be a bit > overcrowded lately, having both Etch and Thrift at Apache and Protocol > buffers under ASL 2.0 does offer some interesting opportunities for > competition as well as cooperation. > > I do share the concerns about naming conflicts. Debian is by far more > well known and trying to establish this project under a conflicting > name would be hard. > > /niklas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
